The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.—'TOMORROW (rEmitsDA.Y.) Open from 10 till Dusk.--Orchst ral Band at 12 0 and 4 30—Great Organ Performance at 230 BeNutif ul display of Camillias, Rhododendrons, Tulips, and ot er lowe rs —Mo de t of Acropol.almon-Ilatchiu g Apparatus. One Shilling - . Children, Sixpeiace. CRYSTAL PALACE.—PRESENTATION of ADDRESSES to General GA RIBALDL—It has been Arranged th ton SAT IJRDAY AFTE KNOON NEXT, April .:16, General Gar i b aldi will receive at the Crystal Palace Isresentation Swo rd and an Address from th a e Ital an Recep tie n Committee. A Sword will also be presented to the G t veral's Son, Menotti Garibaldi. r3e,+ore the presentations a CONCERT will be given In front of the Great Handel Orchestra by the princiod Italian arti,tes, wh , have v,,lmateered their valuable aid on this most into resting occasion. Admiss as usual by season tickets, or by tickets pur chased before th • day, Halt a Crown; by 13 , iyment on the day, Five SWllings. Reserved Seats, Half a Guinea and Five shi ling. Ti 2kets and plans of seqs, To-morrow (Thursday), from Ten till 3 even o'clock, at the Crystal fa ace, and at 2, Exeter Hal . CRYSTAL PALACE NEXT SAT URD AV. lJ GENERAL GARIBALDI'S VISIT, and GREAT CONE 11.1: by ITALIAN OPERA AR rISTI - ;IS. In order that preparation may bo made, as far as pos sible, persons desirous of being present on Saturday are earnestly advised to PROCURE their TICKETS AT ONCE. The Offices at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter Hall will ba open until Seven to-morrow evening. By order. GARIBALDI'S VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SATURDAY. HALF-A-CROWN Admission Tickets at the Palace, at 2, Exeter Hall, and the usual agents. They should at once be secured. On Saturday the price will be Five Shillings. ON MONDAY AFTERNOON N EXT, A p ril the 18th, General GABIBALDI will RECEIVE at the CRYSTAL PALA CE, in front of the Great Orchestra, ADDRESSES f rom Corporate and other Pub lic Bodies who have voted addresses in public meeting assembled. No Address can be pre sented by a deputation of more than six persons, and notice of such Address and Presenta tion must be given to the Garibaldian Reception Committee at the Crystal Palace, not later than the evening of Friday next, the 15th of April. It is recommended also that each deputation should carry a small banner ADMbearing the name of the body represented. ISSION ONE SHILLING. Extra Trains and Excursions from all parts. The profits arising from the Garibaldi Reception Fetes at the Crystal Palace will be devoted to the Testimonial Fund. MR. POPE HENNESSY AND APRIL FOOLERY—the Ruins and the Railways -Finished Education, &c., in FIIN thi3 week. One Fenny R OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and batarday. Extra Night. To-morrow Evening (THURSDAY), April 14, the enter tainment will be given in honour of the visit of General Garibaldi to the Opera. On this occasion the performances will commence with Eaßin's opera of NORMA. Norma. Mdlle. Lagrua ; Adalgisa, Mdtle. Marie Battu ; Pollio, Signor Naudin ' • and Groves°, Herr Schmid (his first app earance in Eng and). After which, the two great acts—viz., the second and third — of Auber's celebrated opera, MA SANIELLO. Fenella, Mdlle. Salvioni ; Pi tro, Signor Graziani ; B relia, Signor Polonini ; Selva, Signor Fa lar ; and Masaniello, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. On the above occasion the FLORAL HALL will be thrown open an Corm the chief entrance to the Opera. Every visitor having tickets for the Opera for any part of the house, with the exception of the Gallery, will be admitted to the Floral Hall. A limited number of tickets will be issued for the Floral Hall alone, at 10s. 6d. each. Evening Dress. - - . The doors of the Floral Hall )pen at half-past 7, the opera commence at half-past R. THEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E, Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. - . THIS EVENING, MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thomp son. After which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's Chrinicie or Histmical Play, entitled the First Part of HEvRY THE FOURTH. Concluding with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. 1111EATRE LOYAL HAY NIA lIKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, April 13, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippen late, Ropers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harrii, Snowden, Ace After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nelly Po wer, Hill, Wright, Rogers, &c. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brotheri Webb. To conclude with, 13th time, a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Es q , entitled DRAWING-ROOM. SECOND FLOOR, AND ATI ICS. - OYAL LYCEUM - THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, the 130th Night of BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle ." Principal characters by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, J. Brougham, Emery, Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, :•lollett, Sims ; Miss Nate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, Miss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupaats of Boxes, Box-places, ortalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. • Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, Solo Proprietor and Manager, M. B. Webster. THIS VENING ICI ON L. TooleE, Mr. R. Phi llips, Mr. BiIIington PARLE , FRA.NCAIS and Miss K.Kelly. At 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Blinn gton, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; 31Iiss H. Simms and lrs. Billington. To enuclude with TAE AREA BELLE : Messrs. J. L. T00 . .e, I'. Bedford, K. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. IS S BAT E M A N.—L E A 11.—THIb EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden until further notice. In order io give due effect to this most remarkable success of the se .son, ea ire 3r , new scenery by the celebrat ar , ists Messrs. Ranson and . ons, and Thomps 3n. New dr , ss s and appo tamprts have be n prepare 1 for its production.—N. t;. In consequence of the - rtressing and numerous applications at the Box-offi e, ar mgement; have row been made by which Seats m'y be ob a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. At l Crowded with Rank and Fashion. -The greatly successful - Lew Comedy every Evenincr.—Re-engagement of those cele prated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged are Mr. Benj.Webster, Mr. Charles 3lathews, Mr. J. L. Tc)ole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson ; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny .Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirlinz. THIS EVENING, A DAY AFTER. THE WEDDING. Mr. F. Robinson and Misslienert, her third appearance this season. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING: Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague ; :qrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. IL Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRES 6' RYER. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, gesdames "Swanborouv,h, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Concluding with TURN HINI OUT. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. ••• • • .265. per ton. Double.. ....... 21s. per ton. Top 256 - „ I Nuts... De e p ....225. „ W ell screened and delivered within five miles of their De ots, W es tbourne Park-road, W., and i 7, South Wharf , Paddington, W. Best Core Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. The Weather—Sun Office, April 13, 1864. THERMOMETER. 56 This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.20. Wind—li.E ; fresh breeze, and very fine. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Gb. 30m.—Afternoon, Gh. 5Gm. ro-aionßovr.-Morning, 74. 21m.—Afternoon, 7h. 52m. 3 1; LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1864. Between the reception Of GARIBALDI and the el.:citing debate in the Lards but little attention or interest was paid to the proceedings in the Lower House last evening. 0 wing partially to th e thin ness of the House, a very useful and practical mea sure, which certainly deserv.-2.3 a fair trial, was thrown back a stage. The Gol , ernment Annuities Bill was referred to a Select Committee, which, however, we may hope will improve its efficiency, and remove some of those exceptions whicia are now taken to it in so many quarters. We only trust that the formidable opposition which has been organised against this bill will not succeed in mak ing so many changes as to defeat its purpose or limit its power. It is worth notice that the objections raised to the measure are mainly based upon the anticipation of its wide and speedy pcpularity, It is not intended to make the subscription to such annuities compulsory as to existing societies. If the plan be really sound and beneficial to the work- ing l man there can be no just ground for withhold ing it from him. If, on the contrary, the working classes are foolish enough to enter upon a really objectionable and profitless arrangement for choice, that is a strange reason why the State should trust them entirely to societies of their own framing. No man is bound to draw out his savings from the savings bank, and invest them in deferred annuities; but if he choose to select perfect security and moderate interest in preference to the more captivating programmei held out by friendly societies, it is surely fair that he should have the chance. Many of these already existing societies are no doubt conducted on strictly honourable principles. Still it is no secret, as re. vealed by the applications to our magistrates, that there are too many designing persons who, under the guise of agents to some mythical association, contrive to defraud the poor of their hard earnings. The knowledge that there is such a safe investment in existence may prove of some service in checking these unprincipled imposters, while there is little doubt that a very large proportion of those whose savings are invested in respectable societies will • prefer to have the higher rate of interest whic h private associations are enabled to give, and to have their money more under their own control than it would be according to the Government scheme. Another serious drawback to the measure in its competition with private companies, as Mr. GLADSTONE pointed out in his able explanatory speech, is its inability to insure lives under the age of sixteen. It seems that a very large proportion of the insurances effected among the lower classes came under this category, so that the existing societies will retain one formidable advantage over the Government. The bill is at all events one which should have a fair trial, and it should be remembered that working men's savings are not a legitimate object of specu lation or a fair field for making profit. The one great object of all such associations should be the advantage of the working men, not by giving him a larger interest than can fairly be claimed for his money, but by securing him and his family against those dark days that are only too common among the vicissitudes of a toiling life. The question should not be how is the society to make the best returns, how are its managers and promoters to reap the larget profits, but on what terms can the invest ments be best secured from risk, and how can the affair be conducted at a reasonable profit with the minimum of expense. It is to be regretted that Mr. GLADSTONE, in his anxiety to make out a strong case in favour of his measure, should have excited so mach hostility by his personal remarks, but there would probably have been in any case a vigorous opposition to the measure, of which it can only be said that its merits are too apparent to be altogether overlooked by working men. There is no reason why meetings should be organised among the working classes, and the moral liberty of the subject declared to be in danger. If the Bill is really so fall of faults it is paying a poor compliment to our artisans to suppose that they will not perceive and avoid them, If it really trenches on their privileges, and interferes with their independence, they have only to mark their sense of its vices by withdrawing their support from it. As we have said, no one is forced to enrol himself among its subscribers, and it does not hinder any person from investing his money where he likes. We shall look with some anxiety to its passage through Committee, hoping that some advisable modifications will be all the changes that it will undergo. The intelligence received from India by the Bom bay Mail is on the whole satisfactory. There is little news of note, which is perhaps the most fa vourable sign of the progress and tranquillity of the country. It appears that the outbreak on the frontier, which has fortunately been so promptly and effectually suppressed, is now looked upon as something much more serious than a mere disturb ance among the hill tribes. It is thought to have been part of a vast organised conspiracy among the Mussulmans for the overthr'w of British rule. The mutiny of 1857, which owed its origin mainly to Hindoo fanaticism, has taught us what to fear from such a source, and if these surmises prove to have been actually well founded, we have good reason to be thankful for having escaped an immi nent danger. As it is all is tranquil, and a power. ful auxiliary of civilisation and order is now called into existence, the railway line being carried from Calcutta to Delhi, a distance of 900 miles! Such a triumph of skill and energy will work wonders in our behalf. The Pun jab will no longer be a world of its own, cut off from active and rapid communication with the centres of European civilisation. Late ligence will be trans mitted by the telegraph wires with a celerity that will baffle all Mohammedan calculations, and coun teract the plots and intrigues of the disaffected. Travellers will find their way to the hills with an ease and rapidity that will tend to benefit trade and divert the thoughts of the people from wars and insurrections to the more profitable channels of peace and industry. Already when the mail left the first engine had travelled from Mirzapore to Allahabad, and by this time the company is proba bly booking passengers for the whole distance from the City of Palaces to the ancient capital of the Moguls. It is some satisfaction, remembering the tenacity of the three Whig families in office, that the present head of the India office looks with a favourable eye on the extension of Indian railways. The noble lord takes great credit to himself for this happy exception to his general policy. 'Why the same reasons that apply to laying down railway lines do not apply with equal or even greater force to the cutting of canals and other works of irrigation, which are even more remunerative than the land traffic, it needs a Whig statesman to discover. Perhaps it is on the famous " Rest and be thankful" policy that the works at Godavery, which are pouring in money to the treasury and saving from famine a parched and barren coantry,have been stopped halfway. At any rate, Sir ARTHUR COTTON is insensible to the merits of the system which has paralysed his best efforts. The tidings of the cotton crop are generally satisfactory, but the obstacles in the way of transit are a great hindrance to business. This difficulty will of course be gradually lessened, and in time dis appear altogether. Two accidents are chronicled by the mail, both from fire. The one occurred on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, in which five loaded waggons were burnt. The other, which was of a more serious nature, took place at Calcutta, in the river where a ship loaded with saltpetre burned for five hours before it could be scuttled. The most noticeable part of the affair was the utter ineffi ciency of the engines, and the risk that was conse quently run before the vessel could be got out and prevented from doing further mischief. It seems that the fire brigade is quite at a discount in Calcutta, which, in a large an wealthy c:ty THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1864 entirely under British rule, is not a little re markable. The Calcutta Enghshman expresses a hope that this affair may lead to some effectual re form, and it is surely the duty of the authorities, no less than the interest of the inhabitants, to see this carried out. With her valuable ship ping, Calcutta ought to be well sup• plied with steam floating engines, in addi- tion to a proper and well manned supply on shore, else we may chance to hear in some hot, dry season the tale of some startling catas trophe. However, things are mending so rapidly in India, and public afflirs are now presided over by so energetic and capable an administrator, that we may look for speedy progress in of all such matters.: This generation will have seen more changes in the internal organisa tion of India than all the years that have passed since we first set foot on its soil ? The memory of the oldest inhabitant must carry him through startling changes. An interesting instance of such a career is cited in the record of the death of a British soldier. General AIIMUTY, the oldest officer of the Indian army, died lately at Lahore. He entered the Bengal Artillery seventy-five years since in the palmy days of TIPPOO SULTAN, and remembered the glories of Mysore and Assaye. He took part in the siege of Delhi, in 1803, and lived to share the perils of its second, and no less memorable siege, half a century later. Such a life recals us to the tact that the time of our sway is as yet brief, and if we have cause to deplore much neglect and error we may reason• ably hope, under Providence, for opportunity to do all we have left undone. Lord DEBBY'S speech on the debate hi the House of Lords on Monday is a very suggestive one, and may serve to throw some light on the very intricate and complex question of our foreign policy. The noble earl on the first night of the session signalised ,he course pursued by the Ministers as the meddle and muddle system and the experience which we have since gleaned of these manoeuvres has only served to confirm that opinion, and ratify that deci- sion. In no concern in which they have been en- gaged have our Government come out creditably, and there is no nation, great or small, powerful or insignificant, which can now feel any confidence in the assurances of our protection or any dread of the veracity of our threats. Earl RUSSELL must have been mortified at the satirical allusions made to his plodding and persevering assiduity in framing de spatches which no one paid head to, and whose grandiloquent asseverations were totally disre garded. Who can refrain from coinciding with the humorous description of the futile efforts of our loquacious but inert Foreign Secretary. " The noble earl has gone on spinning day after day his political cobwebs, utterly regardless of every single thread being swept away one after another, spinning, spinning on, but at the same time not making the slightest progress towards the completion of his net, and not having been able to catch a single diplomatic fly." This is a droll but a decisive sketch of the proceedings which ha►e distinguished the course of affairs at Downing-street for months past, and bitterly must the magnates in that precinct regret the recurrence of the session which tears the veil from those ex ploits which can hardly afford to bear the light of day, and holds up to scorn and ridicule the insincere and insufficient mode of procedure that there reigns supreme. It is very derogatory to the dignity of a statesman, and not at all consonant with the posi tion of a Minister of the foremost country of tilt. world, that he should exhaust himself in utterances that are of no avail, that fall on unwilling ears, and are quickly consigned to the limbo of things for gotten. Vox et preterea nihil is not the motto which should be prefixed to the missives which emanate from the councils of our rulers. Lord DERBY'S rebuke to the noble lord regarding his notions of peace was also very excellent and well timed. It was not surprising that one so high spirited as the Conservative Chief should be amazed and aghast at the low standard and grovelling motives which seem to actuate and inform the Cabinet. It is truly the lowest ground on which to place the policy of peace, that of pecu niary considerations, and also there are, as Lord DERBY said, evils greater than war, " the sacrifice of the honour of the country and the abandonment of a friend who has placed himself in your hands." It is really quite contemptible to go on preaching of the horrors of war, ani the inconvenience to which it would put the subjects of this country. Those who have an opportunity of reply might well retort on the ardent advocate of peace at any price, that the responsibility must rest. heavily on those who make no efforts to rescue or relieve other nations from the horroes of war, and especially those which are weaker, and have relied on the good will and good faith of the Government of this country, and thus what may be loss or annoyance to us is death and ruin to tteir enterprise and com merce• It is the same in public as in private mat ters, nothing great can be achieved, nor solid services rendered to others, if the nation or indi viduals be actuated by sordid motives, and if the ruling spirit be not so much to prevent loss to others as to secura gain to itself. Such is not the way to impress the nations of the world with our sense of honour or our love of justice, and it is not the way to foster the growth or to encourage the desire among all our people of public viz tue or of public spirit. A more et uffling speech than that of Earl RUSSELL'S cannot be conceived, and we see the insincerity of his promises and the shallowness of his arguments in a startling manner when we compare his writings with his speeches, and his words with his acts. If there is the slightest truth or the smallest foundation for the assertion which closed the statement put forth by the noble lord to ha House that, for his part, he thought " a pacific policy" was our true policy, he should have guarded against misleading others, and not have attempted to arbitrate among nations who had not fors worn the sword. We are no match for the lands that have armies ready for the field, and fleets that wait the signal to weigh anchor, and set out to accom plish the behests of their ruler and fulfil the policy of their statesmen. When the decisive moment has arrived no one will wait for the bungling diplomacy of England to stay their march or supersede their measures. There is more spirit in a sentence of Lord DERBY'S than in a page of Earl RUSSELL'S diatribes, and there is no impartial reader that can fail to notice the difference and mark the contrast between the speakers. It resolves itself into this, that in one instance we peruse the sentiments of a❑ independent witness, and in the other ere presented with well-dressed statements and principles so care folly promulgated that it requires but a moderate amount of ingenuity to read them either way. The Countess de Montesquiou, an elderly lady, residing at a chateau near Vendome (Loir-et-Cher), had a narrow esc a p e l ate l y w hil e return ing in her carriage from that t own . Th e coac hman, being taken suddenly with a fit, fell from his teat, and the horses, no longer feeling the check of the reins, dashed off at a great pace. It so happened that M. Maubert, agent of the lady, was accomp?.nying her in the carriage. He climbed to the driving-box, and then getting down on t o th e p o l e , su cocecied, at the risk of his life in recovering the reins, which were dragging on the ground, while the horses were still rushing On. fla then again remounted to the coachman's seat, and in a short time brought the horses under control. THE ROY. N OPERA, Lagrua and Mario in "La Favorite Last evening Donizetti's lovely four act opera of " La Favorite" was repeated to as brilliant, and to the full as appreciative, an audience as that which so cordially welcomed its first performance, this season, at the Royal Italian, on Saturday. Among all the librettos—(these librettos as a rule being for the most part, as we all know only too well, the merest " flies in amber")—among all the various librettos which have been glorified by the genius of our great modern composers, the libretto of "La Favorite" is, in very truth and deed, we might go so far as to say, the " best beautiful," It treats no doubt (as indeed its very title intimates) of profligacy ; but it does so charmingly, it does so in the noblest and the purest spirit, in a spirit not of Pagan but of Christian philosophy. The defiance of the repre hensions of the Church upon his licentiousness by Alfonzo XI., King of Castile, is at the heart of the whole plot of this pathetic lyrical drama. Ferdi nando's exquisite sense of honour, his love for what has been finely termed the very chastity of honour, a love beyond even his passionate affection for his espoused wife, Leonora di Guzman, is the source of the profound anguish with which this tender story of their unrealised love is brought to its fatal close. Leonora's remorse for her own tarnished purity,moreover,it should be remembered, enhances the mournful charm of the incidents here enacted in " La Favotita"—her remorseful sense of her position, that is, as the King's Mistress, or Fa vourite, at the very time of her marriage with Al fonze, the latter knowing nothing whatever of this, however, until immediately after the close of the marriage ceremony. Throughout the whole of the courtly (grace and erotic fervour of this lyrical drama, moreover, there floats audibly, so to speak, the benign influence of the genius of religion. The first scene in the first act opens in the cloistered gloom of the monastery of San Jacopo di Compos toile. The last scene of the last act (this fourth act, indeed, ,having all its seven scenes, so-called, fol lowing each other in melodious sequence in the same consecrated locality) reveals the closing inci dents of the drama, still, in the interior of that noble monastic institution, among the arched entrances to the Temple, under the moonlight shadow of the Cross, in the midst of the tombs scattered pic taresquely about the Graveyard of the Monastery. There, immediately under the shadow of the Cross, what is familiarly termed " poetic justice" is com pletely satisfied as the curtain descends ! Leonora having breathed her last in the garb of a Novice, while Ferdinando prepares to follow her, himself by that time enrolled as a Monk among the brethren of San Jacopo di Compostella. As now performed at the Royal Italian, "La Favorite" justifies as fully as ever its claim to our admiration. Mademoiselle Lagrua, as already briefly intimated by us, more than confirms by her Leonora di Guz man, the remarkable impression produced by her noble impersonation of the Druidical Priestess, Norma. Her lovely voice, now that she has been familiarised with her achieved position as prima donna in the opera seria at Co vent-garden, rings clear and bell like upon the hearing of her delighted audience—nothing what ever of its freshness having gone, as we had hoped would prove to be the case when the influence of the first night's suspected nervousness should alto gether have disappeared. And so, in point of fact, the event has proved—our anticipations having in this been completely realised. And, now, if Mdlle. Lagrua cannot be said to be another Grisi, or Pasta, or Malibran, she is, at least, a noble substitute for them, now that we have lost long ago (we fear, even in the instance of the one; only one amongst them still surviving, lost for ever) those matchless Queens of Song. As for Signor Mario, if his rare and, in some respects, incomparable powers as an artist have been left to him, in nothing else, we are tempted to say that they are left to him, complete, entire, unmarred, with all their pziltine bloom upon them, in his Fer dinando. Certainly we can with' truth assert that we never remember to have heard him sing the lovely romenz 1," Angiol d'amorc,” more exquisitely, more deliciously, than he did last evening. Throughout it the hushed and enraptured audi ence were tempted to interrupt him repeatedly with their plaudits—the great tenor being applauded, moreover, to the very echo at its conclusion, and being then all but encored—the audience evidently resisting the temptation to encore him solely from a consciousness of the frail tenure preserved by him over the energies of an organ at one time always to be counted upon, but now only to be counted upon (as it happily could be last evening !) most exceptionally. Mario's acting as Ferdinando, was, if possible, finer than ever yes terday. More, particularly in_the great scene, the scene in which—(singing the while with a noble passion in his every articulate sound of scorn and indignation)—he tears the jewelled order of knighthood from his neck and hurls it at the feet of his insulting King, plucks his dishonoured sword from the scabbarl and, snapping the blade in two across his knee, hurls the clashing fragments be fore the same startled Sovereign, tears from himself the clinging, supplicative grasp of Leonora, and, as he flings her round almost contemptuously, in the direction of her royal paramour, passes from the scene of so much wrath and an guish amidst the respectful homage of the courtiers ! Several of the concerted pieces, but more especially the noble daet, the duet between Leonora and Ferdinando were sung last night at the Royal Italian by Madlle. Lagrua and Signor Mario in a manner worthy of two such unrivalled artistes. Graziani's Alfonzo only occasionally satisfied us— there being still apparent in the manner of this singer, in the mistaken employment by him of his evidently splendid natural powers , that muffled or suppressed delivery of the music a llotted to him, marring so much the effect of his whole performance as to result for us chiefly in a sense of profound disappointment. Signor Attri, as Baldassari, was sonorous and impressive. Madame Tagliafico, as Inez, was mo r e than usually animated and effective, more particularly in those charming melodies warbled by Leonora's attendant to the haunting dance-music on the flowery m argin of the Isola Di Leon,immediatelybefore Ferdinando is floated to the bank in the gilded bark like one of those charming Princes of Fairyland read of in the nursery tales, blindfolded, as he is rowed across the lake to his rendezvous with Leonora, then (unknown to him) La Favorite ! Among the company honouring the performances at the Royal Italian with their presence last even in g were the Prince de la Tour d'Auvorgne, the Ambassador of France, the American Minister and Mrs. Adams, the Duke of Sutherlatd, the Marouis of Hartington, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, t h e Countess of West morland and Lady Emily heiegscote,Earl Granville, the Earl of Uxbridge, vi sc ount and Viscountess Mountgarret, Viscount Sydney' Viscountess Forbes, Lady Churchill, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor, Hon. Frederick Lev eson (sewer, Lady Ross Greville, Lady Mary Craven, Viscount lianelagh, Sze. The demand for seats at the Royal Italian Opera to• morrow evening, on the occasion of Garbaldi's visit, is beyond all precedent, and a brilliant ovation to the General is confidently anticipated. THE CLYDE PORTS.--The course of the Clyde ports, although not exhibiting the rapid progress which obtained in 1860, 1861, 1862, and 1663, is still satisfac tory. Thus the amount of Cust oms' duties collected at Glas • cow in March, 1861, was £84,676, against 577,041 in March, 1863, and £73,637 in March, 1861 At Greenock the Customs' receipts were £82,363 in March , 1864, against £96,50,; in March, 1863, and £30, 9 47 in March, 1862 ; the decrease here apparent ie partly accounted for by the great falling off in the imports of sir L ar, the greater bulk of that produce being sent to continental ports at present. At Port Glasgow the Customs' receipts in March, 1864, were £7,934, against £18,617 in March, 1863, and £12,409 in March, 1862. The Customs' revenue far the year ending March 31,.1864, at Glasgow was £990,938, against £974,400 in 1862-3, and £912,197 in 1861-2; at Greenock the Customs' receipts were £1,162,521 in 1863_4, against £ 1,172,632 in 1862.3, and £957,524 in 1861-2 ; and at Port Glasgow the amount col lected was £128,041 in 1863-4, against £129,739 i n 1662-3, and £129,205 in 1861-2. On these amounts being added together, it appears that what may be styled the Customs' revenue of the Clyde was £2,281,500 in the year ending . March 31, 1864, as compared with £2,276,871 in the year ending March 31, 1863, and £1 ; 998,925 in the year ending March 31, 1802, ATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] ATTENIPTED ASSAULT ON THE DUPPEL ENTRENCHMENTS. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 11, 9 a.m. This morning the enemy attempted an assault upon bastion No. 8, which totally failed. A weaker attack on our left wing likewise failed. The Minister of War has received the following report of the affair from the Commander-in- Chief :—" Early this morning the enemy alarmed both wings of our position. Being met by a can nonade from out batteries and approaches, he retreated." THE AMERICAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The agents of the North German Lloyd's at this port have received a telegram from Queenstown, stating that the Arabia passed the Hansa steamer, which was due here, from New York, last Thurs day, repairing (at sea) some portion of her machi nery which had broken down, and she would re sume her voyage the succeeding night ; the Hansa may, therefore, be looked for to-day or to-morrow. SPAI N. MADRID, APRIL 12. The Ministry have stated, in reply to a question in the Cortes, that they will energetically carry on the war until the submission of St. Domingo be obtained. ROME. ROME, Ann 12. The Pope paid a visit to-day to the extramural Church of St, Agnes. His Holiness was much cheered by the people. Rome is illuminated this evening. • A letter from Rome in the Debats confirms the announcement that the Holy Father's health has considerably improved. It says ;—" I was able to approach very near the Pontiff at the church on the day of the Annunciation. His features have under gone no change; his eye is bright and his complexion fresh; in short, he presents no traces of his late illness. The illumination of the cupola and façade of St. Peter's took place on the 4th, and was favoured by beautiful weather. On the next night took place the display of fireworks. After those two spectacles, foreigners will begin to leave Rome, and the city of tombs and martyrs will again become silent." The Pope, in order to encourage the growth of cotton in the Pontifical States, has decreed that a premium of 25 crowns per rubbio, which is equal to one pound sterling per acre, shall be awarded to the agriculturists who shall the best succeed in its production, This measure is an experiment, and is to remain in force for the present year only. The premium will not be paid on a larger extent of land planted with cotton than 420 acres. JAPAN. THE EMBASSY TO EUROPE. The Japanese embassy arrived at Hong Kong on the last day of February. It consists of three ministers, six first•class officers, ten second-class officers, and sixteen servants—in all thirty-five. It ie the intention of the embassy, who are accompa nied by Mr. Blakeman, of the French Legation, to visit Paris, London, and the various capitals of countries which have treaties with Japan, for the purpose of explaining the present state of affairs, and likewise to endeavour to arrive at some ar rangement about foreigners quitting Yokohama. The entire expenses of the embassy are borne by the Tycoon's Government. A rumour was current in Hong Kong that the ambassadors were men• of low extraction put for , ward under false pretences. FRANCE. A doable religious solemnity took place the day before yesterday at the Church of Ruel—the bene diction of the new organ given to the Church by the Emperoe and the baptism of a new hell, of which their Majesties are sponsors. The woodwork of the organ came from the Convent of Santa-Maria Novella at Florence, and was carved by B iccio d'Agnolo, a Florentine sculptor, contempo rary of Michael Angelo. The Emperor, knowing the artistical value of the work, had it purchased and presented it to the church of Rueil. The instrumental part is entirely, new, and is the work of M. Cavaille Coll, who built the large organs in the churches of St. Denis, the Made leine, and St. Sulpice. The ceremony of benedictio❑ was performed by Mgr. Mabille, Bishop of Versailles. The bishop afterwards proceeded into the choir, where the belt was placed, and went through the ceremony of the baptism in presence of Marshal Vaillant, the Prefect of the Seine-et-Oise, and the Mayor and municipal Council of Rueil. M. and Mme. Adrien Cramail had been appointed to represent the Emperor and Empress as sponsors. The bell, which is about 4 feet 4 inches in height, bears the follow ing inscription :—" I am called Napoleon-Eugenie, having had for godfather Napoleon 111., and for godmother the Empress Eugenie." Below this inscription are two escutcheons, one of Napoleon 111. and the other of the Empress, and below them the Imperial arms. The ceremony concluded with a Pomine Salmon Jac Imperatorem, sung by the Orpheonists of Rueil. The church was crowded. BOURSE, April 12.—The market continues firm, and the business done has been e,t a slight improve ment. Threes, for the Account, are now at 651 r. 255. Mobilier have advanced to 1,067 fr. 50c. Rail way Market firm, with higher prices for some of the lines. The market continued firm to the close, and left off as follows : 41 per Cents .. 93 10 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. eri month 66 30 Credit Mobilier 1068 75 Do, end month 1077 50 Bank Shares 3300 Credit F oncier 1290 Roman RA IL Italian Loan 6B 15 Do. end month 6B 37 gew ditto ...... • Do. end month — Russian Austrian .. — SpaniA. Threes 52 iiome Debt Deferred Orleans ... Northern Cash. Account. 908 .75 .. -.912 50 976 25 .. 982 50 New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 953 943 75 New ditto B9O Southern 657 50 .. 660 Western Eastern Sardinian 366 25 ~ Austrian .. _ Lorpb , l.rd North of Spain Saragossa 587 50 .. 587 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... 275 .. The meeting of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, has also been held to-day, and the directors' report states that the general balance sheet of the Bank, for the year ended 31st December last, showed a net profit of £101,193 2s 10d. To this has to be added the unappropriated balance of £4,368 lls 61 tram last year, making £105,561 14s 4d. The increase of the Bank's capital from £644,000 to £BOO,OOO by the issue, at a premium of £lO per share, of 7,800 new shares of £2O each, is in course of being most satisfactorily earried out —and the premium received, viz., £78,000, has been carried to the reserve fund. After deducting from the balance of £105,561 14s 4d the sum of £32,200 — the interim dividend paid the shareholders in 03tober last, at the rate of ten per cent. per annum—there remains £73,361 14s 4d now available for division. The direc tors recommend a dividend at the rate of 10 perEcent. per annum, and also a bonus of lOs per share (both free of income tax), which together will amount to £48,300. They further recommend that £12,000 be added to the reserve fund, leaving a balance of £13,061 14s 4d of undivided profits to be carried forward. The reserve fund, with the above two additions, will then stand at £105,000. The directors can continue to report favourably of the prospects of the bank ; and they have to state that since the last annual meeting a new agency has been established at Batavia—now in full working order—and another more recently at Hankow, in DRURY-LANE THEATRE A now farce, entitled "An April Fool," has been produced at Drury-hue Theatre, which, although composed of very slender material, affords unani mous merriment for nearly an hour. The fun con sists of the perplexities, disappointments, and eventual triumph of a certain Mr. Paddles (Mr. G. Belmore) in his endeavour to secure the object of his young heart's fondest affection, Miss Diana Oldbuck (Miss Lydia Thompson), whose life it is his happiness to have saved when in extreme danger from the upsetting of a pleasure boat off Brighton. Mr. Poddles has a vivacious friend Mr. Sparks (Mr. R. Roxby), who generally contrives to come in for all the honours following the exertions of Paddles, and in the present instance, though holding the young lady in his arms, after having received her dripping from the sea from Peddles, on her recovery he takes al! the credit of having saved her from drowning. He is invited to her father's house, while Paddles is made the means, through the instrumentality of Sparks, of providing all sorts of fun for the amuse ment of Miss Oldbuck and her lady friends. On the occasion of one of his visits to Oldbuck Hall, on the first of April, Sparks takes delight in making everybody April fools. He invites Poddles to Miss Oldbuck's fete with her knowledge. He tells the Old gentlemen his pleasure grounds are about being taken for a railway, and points Paddles out as the surveyor, &c.; but, finally, he is fooled himself, by being made instrumental in resigning Miss Oldbuck to the arms of Paddles, as he observes, " for ever." The little trifle is well worked out, and Mr. Bel more drew down immense laughter by his humorous performance, Mies Lydia Thompson, as Diana, playing with her usual archness, and in the course of the piece she dances a kind of medley with great spirit and effect Mr. Roxby rattled through the part of Sparks with his peculiar briskness, and Mr. Barrett as Oldacre, and Mr. 0. Weston as a poor, half starved charity boy, both acquitted themselves excenently. The farce was perfectly successful, and it is to be repeated I every evening until further notice. The splendid Skakspereian revival, Henry IV., increases nightly in attraction, the great effect — the battle of Shrewsbury—calling down thunders of applause. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr Justice Willes and Mr Baron Pigott.) The jury, consisting of 13, who had been empannelled on an inquisition held before Mr James Bird, one of the coroner's forMiddleeex, at the Six Bells, at Brentford, as to the cause of death of William Hollis, aged 58, a lighterman, who died from the effects of a fracture of the left parietal bone of the skull, on the 21st of February, and who, after the inquest had been adjourned several times, were unable to agree to a verdict, there being nine for manslaughter, and four for murder, now attended before the judges, and on their names being called over, Mr. Justice Willes addressed them, and said he was informed that they had some difficulty in agreeing to a verdict, some being for a verdict of murder, and others for manslaughter. He then fully explained to them the law, which required twelve of them should agree to a verdict, and the coroner had pursued the course sanctioned by autho rity in directing them to attend before the Court sitting as assize for the county. Probably after his observations, those of the jury, who were of the lesser number for murder, might give way to the majority, and so return a verdict of twelve for manslaughter. If the case afterwards came before a magistrate, and any new facts arose, the party might be sent for trial for murder, but the verdict of less than twelve would be no legal verdict, and, in fact, a nullity. Mr. Bird, the coroner, who was in attendance, stated to the Court that he had so explained the law to the jury. Mr. Justice Willes said the coroner had acted very pro perly, and again recommended the jury to meet again and see if they could not agree. The jury then retired, and will be again summoned by the coroner. THE MURDER IN MARYLEBONE. John Bovine, a simple-looking young man, about 21, was indicted for the wilful murder of Joseph Duck, on the morning of March 11th last, in Chesterfield-street, Mary lebone. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The circumstances of this case, as detailed by the learned counsel in opening, and the evidence of the several wit nesses, have recently been fully reported in The Sun. It appeared that on the night of March 10, or rather morning of the 11th, the demised, who Wcla a retired builders' scar folckr, was in the King's Head public-house drinking, and shortly after one he was found lying in the road about 100 yards from the public-house, and about four doors from the house in which he lodged, apparently drunk. A police constable picked him up, and finding him insensible and bleeding from a wound on the head, took him to the infirmary of Marylebone workhouse, where he was examined by the house surgeon, when it was four d that the skull was fractured. Ths deceased never rallied, and gradually sunk, dying the same night at 10 o'clock. On a post mortem examination it was found that death had ensued from a fracture of the skull, and in the opinion of the medical men, the wound must have been inflicted with some blunt instrument, and not the result of a fall. Various circumstances appeared to connect the prisoner with the deceased, especially the possession of some of the deceased's money and a watch. He accounted for his possession of the money by stating that he had received it for some work he had done for a laundress in Greystoke-grove, which was false. At the conclusion of the evidence of the numerous wit nesses for the prosecution, itlr. Sleigh addressed the jury for the prisoner. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, April 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- East ; fresh breeze and fine weather. NEwrouT, Aprit 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Johann Kepler, from Bremen for Rio J aneiro—Greenock, from London for Cuba. FALMOUTH, April 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Eurcpa, from Iquique for Dordt—Pilot, from Mauritius—Tesel, from klavannah. Tfloort, April 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Pequot, for Quebec. RAMSGATE, April 12.—Wind N,W.—Sailed—Alma, for New York. SWANSEA., April 12.—Wind S.B.—Arrived—Cuprapo, from Caldeira. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday ➢Zorning. Arrived—Sirah Itlaria Ann, from Charente,—Dumfries, steamer, front Havre—L'E toile, from Carenton. Sailed —Prosperity, for Dartmouth—Champion, for Swanage. PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. The ship B,evenue, 797 tons, Captain Thomas Monrant, belonging to Mr. William Pellier, of St. Helen's, Jersey, was off this port yesterday of ernoon, beating up Channel. Wind fresh. She left Colombo, Decemb_r 21, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, February 3, and crossed the Line on the 27th. Her cargo inncludes AO tons cocoanut oil, 500 tons coffee, 80 tons cordage, and 5,000 cocoanuts The brig George left Colombo December 12th—the bark Syren, on the 16th—Anne Longton, 17th—and the bark Prince Llewellyn, on the 'hOth. The Revenae left loading the barks White Cliff, Cosmos, Orissa, Conrad, and Juanita, to leave early in January; and the ships City of Donedin and Arab Steed, to leave late in January. The Revenue spoke January 18th, las. 24.25 S., long. 58,49 E., the Hamburg brig Maria Wilhelmine, from Amoy far London-28th, lat. 32.30 S., long. 31.2:5 E., the ship Jumna, 32 days from Calcutta for London—February 26th, lat. 1.0 S., long. 20,1 W., the ship J. L Hall, n days from Calcutta for London-27th, lat, 0.11 N., long. 20.38 W., the bark Scawieli, 90 days from Japan for London—March 13th, lat. 21.25 N., long. 39,20 W., the Danish bark Galilei from Newport for St. 'llamas, and lat. 21.27 N,, long: 39.30 W., the British schooner Royal Arch. 30 days tram Cardiff for Nassau—and 17th, lat. 24.58 N., long. 40 51 W., the ship Pythoness, 104 days from Bombay, for Liverpool. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrival, April 12th—Alepede, fr, m Oporto. Arrived, April 13th—Sorina, from Holbeck—Elise, from Lanvig—Susan, from St. Michael's—Criteria Leone, from Rotterdam. Sailed, April 13—Sydney Hall, steamer, for Mogadore— Belgium, steamer, for Ostend—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne —Lard J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk—Rainbow, steamer, for Calais, DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed--Marseilles, from Java for Rotterdam—Men doza for Swansea—Prima Donna, for Quebec—lgnis Fatuus, for Sham;hai—ail from London. Harriett, from Lisbon for Alexandria. THE SHAKSPERIAN FESTIVAL.—The National Shakspere Committee announce two concerts to be given in aid of the Shakspere Monument Fund, the one at the Agricultural Hall on Thursday the 21st, and the other at St. James's Hall on Friday, the 22d inst. The elite of Her Majesty's Theatre have, with the permission cf J. H. Mapleson, Esq., generously offered their services for solos. The Orpheus Glee Union and the Vocal Association, comprising a highly trained chorus of over 200 voices, have also given their services. The performances will take place under the direction of M. Benedict, whose name is quite sufficient to guarantee a concert of first-rate excellence. Dramatic recitals by Mrs. Macreacly, from the works of " Sweet William," will also be given, and various other novelties shadowed forth, but not yet positively announced, will form an entertainment on both evenings of the most extraordinary nature. DANISH CRUISERS IN THE CHANNEL.--A Prus sian merchant vessel put into Exmouth on Monday t 9 avoid capture by a Danish cruiser, which had given her chase' The cruiser afterwards sailed for Tcrbay. -ff'- 1 , 7( - 7 3 ,,, , , -- -4 , ' , !,.L.V„ . .01z. _- ( 1 ; O'' --Y•' . tiyin4- . "----17-24 evrtillar rt, c),El4 4 4,44 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, April 12. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cana bridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Captain Ellis, arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, walkod and drove in the grounds this morning. 0 The Shakspere Tercentenary Celebration at Stratford-on-Avon, One very attractive feature of the approaching Festival will be an exhibition in the Town-hall of the various portraits of Shakspere extant, and of the most eminent representatives of his characters. This exhibition will be enriched by valuable ac quisitions in the shape of many of the finest works cf art that now adorn the private galieries of our nobility and gentry. The Queen, who occu pies the foremost place in the roll of distin guished contributors, has been graciously pleased to recognise the " very remarkable occasion" which the Stratford Committee has undertaken to cele brate, by granting the loan from the Royal Gallery of Sir Thomas Lawrence's picture of" John Kemble in the character of Hamlet." Her Majesty's sym pathy with the objects of the Tercentenary has been notified to the Mayor of Stratford in the fol lowing letter : " Windsor Castle, April 11, 1864. " Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen the purport of your letter of the 7th instant. The Queen has been obliged for some time past to decline to accede to the nu merous applications made to her Majesty for the loan of pictures from the Royal Galleries for the purpose of public exhibitions. It is extremely difficult to make any distinction between the different appli cants without giving great offence, and pictures suffer very considerably from exhibition, in conse quence of the dirt which no care can prevent accu mulating upon their surface. Tne Queen has however been graciously pleased to consider this very re• markable occasion as one in favour of which an ex ception may be made, and I am commanded to inform you that the portrait of John Semble in the charac ter of Hamlet, painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, will be delivered to Mr. Hogarth, upon his appli cation for it on your behalf.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " C. B. PHIPPS. " E. F. Flower, Esq., Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon." The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council on Education have also granted for this "special oc• casion" the loan of the picture in the Sheepshanks Ge.nery, representing " Charles Young in the cha racter of Hamlet." A letter to that effect has been received by the Mayor from the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. Departure of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, (From the Sydney Empire of Feb. 4.) Yesterday afternoon Mr. and Mrs, Charles Kean took their departure from Sydney for Melbourne, by the Rangatira, steamer. They were accom panied to the wharf by William Lyster, Esq., the lessee of the Prince of Wales Opera-house. We regret to say that Mr. Kean does not appear to have recovered from his severe indisposition. In deed the crisis he had gone through, which created so much alarm amongst his numerous friends, was but too plainly visible in the evidently weakened condition ot his frame. It is sincerely to be hoped, however, that the short sea trip, and the temporary retirement from his profession at Mount Macedon, in Victoria, whither Mr. Kean is now proceeding to recruit hie health, will have the much desired effect of re-establishing his constitution. A considerable number ot ladies and gentlemen met Mr. and Mrs. Kean on board the steamer and took their fare well of them. The excitement of parting with so many persons was, however, rather too much for Mr. Kean to bear, to whom quietness was at this !inac so desirable, Miss Chapman, Mr. Cathcart, and Mr. Everett accompany them. to Melbourne. l'he luggage of Mr. and Mrs. Kean having been brought down late to the steamer, some of which arrived just as the vessel was departing, created considerable amazement to the strangers wno were collected on the wharf. No less than between 4 0 and 50 chests, forming the recipients of extensive wardrobes. Should Mr. Kean be well enough to perform, he is expected to reappear in Melbourne on the 20th inst., for which George Coppin, Esq•, who left Sydney about a week ago, has made toe ne cessary arrangements. We have been informed that tickets are ❑ow being purchased at a premium in Melbourne, for the Keau's reappearance. The Duke of Newcastle was reported to be much better yesterday. The Countess of Sefton, Miss Lindsay, and the Hon. R. G. Mu'paeans, have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Earl and Countess of Darnley are expected to arrive in town on Thursday, from Cobham, Hall, Kent. The Earl of Listowel has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for the Continent. The Marquis de Cadore, First Secretary to the French Embassy, who has been in Paris on leave of absence , has returned to his post. Lord and Lady Forester have arrived in town from Knipton, near Grantham. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone will have a dinner and evening party on Wednesday, the 20th inst , for Genera l Garibaldi. On Tuesday, the sth instant, a marriage wa s solemnised at the Roman Catholic Chapel in St. John's Wood, by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, b 5 tween Edward Charlton, M.D , of Newcastle-upon - Tyn e, of the ancient Catholic family of Charlton, of Hisley-sidet and the eldest daughter of Mr. Sergeant Bellasis. Th e ceremony was one of considerable magnificence. It coin' menced by an address to the proposed bide and bridegroo tt by the Cardinal from the altar apparelled in his vestments as Archbishop, wearing a mitre studded with precious stones, and holding his pastoral staff in his lett haul, and attended on either side by a Canon of his Cathedral in vic'' let dresses. After the address, which wa s received by the ai bride and bridegroom seated in the m idst of the bridesmds and the friends of the bridegroom, the couple advanc ed within the altar-rails, to the step of the altar, when file' marriage ceremony was performed by the Cardinal hiorT self, This was followed by Mass, which was said by the Very Rev. Canon O'Neil, accompanied with music of great beauty, and in the presence of the Cardinal, who' for this purpose, put off his Archiepiscopal vestment:s9 and appeared in his dress as a Cardinal, wearing a scarle rube of silk, and a biretta. or square cap of the same colour? and kneeling at a footstool on the left hand side of th e sanctuary. After the conclusion of the mass, the Pa rt . proceeded to the house of Sergeant Bell asis to the weddlobi breakfast, after which the newly married cou p le set f l' I°o a tour in Italy. There was a very large gathering of til e f f friends of the bride and b ride g room, includin g Lord per the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marchioness 11 % Stackpool, Mr. Eyre, and Lady Milford, Mr. Talb ot ! t , Couiat and Countess Forre Diaz, Mr. Charlton of ilis lel a side, and the members of their respective families, si' d . e l a rge number of the Catholic party, the church h°9 crowded throughout. A TELEGRAM FOR GARII32:LDI.—At Stafford House on Monday evening General Garibaldi f ou nd a gram in the Italian language awaiting h im, the transLiti°' of which is as follows :—" Milaa, April 10.—W e lconla t° 10.—Nees you, honourable co-worker ! All thanks to the at 1- ,; ‘ l3 g - our de ar lish nation for its demonstrations of 8 3 mpathy with " Italy.—Tun ARTISTICAL COCIETY OF PRINTERS. At a P ROVINC IAL INVITATIONS TO OIARIBALDI."' of special general meeting of tilt Town Counc il , 1 Vera', held on Saturday, it was reso lved unanimously ° invite General Garibaldi to visit Perth, and to Prc sen v t V itt with the freedom of the city. At a meeting of th e " —il ; burgh Town Council held on Monday, the Lord Proc°t'f moved. and Bailie Johnston seconded, that the freed °W l o o the city should be conferred upon General Garibaldi in t o event of his paying a visit to Edinburgh. At the nagolL2". gondaY , of the Merchant Company of E dinburgh on James Blackadder, Master of the Compel)", was, on the motion of the chairman, seconded by 5: 1 ! unanimously agreed to remit to the Master and Ace:b t ? ou t to co-operate with the Town Council, the Chamber 0 , , ( eueb. rn werce, and other public bodies, with the view of tok in6 steps as might be deemed expedient in order to give 3 7 . '"' d reception to, and present an address to General Gall" should he visit Edinburgh• residing, r_s